Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  IC 1296  ·  M 57  ·  NGC 6720  ·  Ring Nebula
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Ring Bling - M57 and IC 1296, Bob Stevenson
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Ring Bling - M57 and IC 1296

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Ring Bling - M57 and IC 1296

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After seeing an IOTD of The Ring in 2021 (Bray Falls' Ring Nebula) I knew I had to give this a try.

This data was collected over a one month period centred around May 9, 2022. The C11 and ASI2600 gathered the Ha, OIII and L data while the Super C8 and ASI1600 collected the RGB data for the stars. The L data helped bring out IC 1296 in the image plus a few other small galaxies.

The range of intensities in the data was very large. I created 3 different levels or stretches and blended them together in Photoshop and Pixinsight. Obviously the colours are false, but my goals were to have the centre blue, and the ring around it gold. Sort of a 'ring of power' thing I guess.

I spent more time processing this image than I had in integration time. I hope you like it!

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Ring Bling - M57 and IC 1296, Bob Stevenson